Elegy #1 For Congress

Congress used to be a place                                     
where people who cared
came to serve their country.

Now, it's a place full of

politicians, posers and
players.

Not everyone,
to be sure,
but the majority.

Now, it's a place where

red and blue
mean more than red, white, and blue.

Mean more than community, unity,

national pride,
the  greater good.

How will the American Dream survive
when it's forever a dream
and never a reality?

When government is no longer

by the People and
for the People?

Congress used to be a place                                     
where people who cared
came to serve their country.

~M.B.

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We create and keep U.S. jobs when we demand, promote, and buy Made in USA goods and products.

Here are some recommended "Made in USA" cereal/granola bars, and some not recommended, outsourced cereal bars made by so-called "American" companies.  Please feel free to post your own research to this blog!

This week's recommended products:

·         Eating Right Oats & Peanut Butter Bars - Product of USA by Lucerne Foods, Pleasanton, CA

·         Safeway Variety Pack Chewy Granola Bars, Safeway Chewy Pretzel Bars -  Product of USA by Lucerne Foods, Pleasanton, CA

      ( http://www.lucernefoods.com/)

·         Eviro Kidz Bars - Product of USA by Nature's Path Foods, Blaine, WA

      ( http://www.naturespath.com/)

NOT Recommended (made elsewhere):

      ·         Eating Right Fruit & Grain Bars
      ·         Fiber One, Nature Valley, Golden Grahams, Chex Mix  (General Mills)
      ·         Health Vallley
      ·         Nutri-Grain, Special K, Fiber Plus, Rice Krispies, Cinnabon (Kellogg)
      ·         Kudos (Mars)
      ·         Safeway Kitchens
      ·         TLC (Kashi)
      ·         Quaker
      ·         Giant Foods
      ·         Planters, Snack Well's (Kraft)